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Mariya Sorrel
@knitwitcrone.bsky.social
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writer︱reader︱editor︱fiber artist
queer. she/they. 30s.

🔞 (sometimes NSFW)︱No AI/NFTs

Sanguinaria Visual Novel co-creator w/ @purplishlyprosaic.bsky.social (thx 4 pfp).

https://linktr.ee/knitwitcrone

[used to be @/plastic-red.bsky.social]
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Mariya Sorrel @knitwitcrone.bsky.social · Aug 15
::rolls in 15 min late with a coffee:: Hello 💙☁️~ I'm a writer, editor, and fiber artist, currently crocheting up a storm for the next con.

#crochet #poetry #writing #cthulhu #owl
Cthulhu amigurumi plush crocheted in a chunky pastel rainbow yarn. Photo of a bunch of crocheted pride owls arranged cutely in a low woven basket, shot from overhead. Owls shown: rainbow, bisexual, aromantic, agender, mlm pride, asexual, sapphic lesbian, trans, polysexual, intersex, sunset lesbian flag, aroace flag, genderqueer, pansexual, and nonbinary. Photograph of a deep forest green shawl draped artfully on a mannequin. Photo of a zine propped up on a stand, opened to show poem 'toil and trouble' by HMS G (aka Mariya Sorrel).
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ascoresdalua.bsky.social
🌟Commissions are OPEN and 50% OFF on emergency mode!🌟

Now opening commissions at VGen and Ko-Fi!
✨ vgen.co/ascoresdalua
✨ ko-fi.com/ascoresdalua/

For extra info, see: ascoresdalua.carrd.co

#commissionsopen #dndartists #brart #brazilianartists #vendendoarte #dndcommissions #vgencommissions #vgen
Simple commission sheet featuring three sample paintings and a pricing table. Pricing and extra information are also available on my carrd: https://ascoresdalua.carrd.co/
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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tendermiasma.com
Daily feedback call my dudes
tendermiasma.com Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · Sep 21
FEEDBACK FORM:

Shouting publicly is an incredibly powerful tool, and in addition, we can give them a piece of our mind in the feedback form

Desktop and mobile locations:
September 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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melissasuestanley.bsky.social
Work continues on my next small book, "Shackling: Tales From Baba Yaga's Garden".
It's a collection of lots and lots of hut drawings, along with other fun stuff.

Coming soon to:
Kickstarter.com/projects/babayaga/shackling
A black and white graphite drawing of a mountain grass landscape. In the foreground there is a chicken-legged hut surrounded by a loose perimeter of skulls on sticks. The hut has an eyeball where the peaked roof dormer window would be, and it's looking lazily at the viewer. Despite the spooky skulls the scene seems pretty chill.
September 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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acvalens.com
Don’t stop calling

stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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acvalens.com
A source familiar with internal workings at MasterCard notes the company is paying attention to calls around the payment processor issue. These calls continue to make the company uncomfortable internally
September 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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purplishlyprosaic.bsky.social
SLUTTY OLD MAN ATTACK!! 🦅 #art #oc #vampire #ocsky #artsky
Black and white sketch page. Left: half-body drawing of a muscular older white man with short, styled hair lounging on a sofa in an open shirt and pinstripe slacks. He is looking into off to the side, cigarette in hand. Right: profile bust of a smiling gaunt older white man wearing a shawl lapel jacket with an ascot. He also has a jeweled ear cuff and matching ascot brooch. There is shadow on the lid of his dark-circled eye and a black streak in the front of his long, straight white hair. The characters are labeled "Guy" and "Francis", respectively.
July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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fine-fiends.bsky.social
Overtime Mode activated!

Since we were on the knife edge between making it or not, Kickstarter have extended our campaign by a week to help us hit 100%!

Thanks for all your support so far. With that little bit of extra time, and a little bit of extra effort, we can make it!
Draculesti Kickstarter campaign header: it's at 90% and now has 10 days to go
August 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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aorticinkwell.bsky.social
T-minus 10 days until then. 😭 Still open to an exchange for anyone interested!
aorticinkwell.bsky.social ✯ An Anxious Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · Aug 1
My birthday is in less than a couple of weeks. 😅

I have some essential things on this list that I’m willing to do some art for in exchange for them. 👀 Please DM me if interested. Or if you’d like to send a gift, it’d definitely make my year! ✨

www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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mahoukarp.com
may i offer you a loaf in these trying times #art #foxes
comic of a fox being offered bread "henlo fren have a good day! *offers bread* Oh gosh, thank you so much!"
July 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social
I’m gonna be straight up with you: please buy my game so I can have the funds to move out of this country before it kills me. That’s why I’m pushing so hard! Trying to move my entire trans household out of here and it’s very expensive. If you have the game, please leave us an honest (5words) review?
softnotweak.bsky.social Play Spirit Swap!✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · Jun 26
Hot Queer Brown, Black, Arab, East Asian, etc, baddies in YOUR COMPUTER?
And the key to their hearts is match-3 mechanics with a twist?
AND the game is 20% off RIGHT NOW?
AND it's buy once with no microtransactions or play limits? AND upcoming FREE UPDATE?
store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...
A square promo image for Steam's summer sale that lasts from June 26th to July 10th at 10 AM PT, letting you know that the game Spirit Swap is on sale for 20% off. The price went from $19.99 to $15.99.
July 4, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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ajcousins.bsky.social
There is literally a court order that forbids this, but Senate Republicans don't care. They snuck this language into the budget bill in the middle of the night, breaking the rules to avoid the Parliamentarian ruling against them.

Call your reps. 👇
theyoungcenter.bsky.social Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights @theyoungcenter.bsky.social · Jul 1
🚨 The Senate budget bill lets the government detain immigrant families indefinitely in unlicensed facilities.

This is a direct threat to children’s health and safety. Congress must reject this cruelty. 📢 Tell Congress: NO on the budget bill. youthlaw.org/voteno
Navy blue and turquoise text graphic stating the hunger conditions of a 13 year old detained in family detention and the fear of death. Also, stating "Stand up for Immigrant Children: Urge the Senate to Vote no on the budget bill!"
July 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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mayakern.com
hey, y’all, we’ve got some big bills due soon and don’t currently have the funds to pay them.

we are a small, slow fashion brand that designs and sells size inclusive, ethically made clothing.

we’ve put a BUNCH of stuff on 25% off until july 15th so please take a look and share this!

#store
maya is wearing the bubbles skirt in size 2-3XL. the text reads: july 1-15 / 25% off / store.mayakern.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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edzitron.com
This whole thing has been brewing since November 2024, when Disney sent their demand letter, followed by one from NBC Universal on May 30 2025 from the same firm (Jenner & Block). Not sure how Midjourney survives this honestly!

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
(1) Immediately cease publicly displaying, distributing, and/or making copies of any Universal works for any commercial purpose (including training AI models and the generation of infringing outputs) unless and until Midjourney is granted an express license to do so. (2) Identify the specific steps Midjourney has taken (if any) to (a) prevent the unauthorized copying and distribution of Universal’s copyrighted works, and (b) mitigate the threat of further harm caused by the unauthorized exploitation of Universal’s works, such as technological measures, filters, and other copyright protection measures that can be implemented by AI services to prevent unauthorized copying and distribution of our works. (3) Identify which of Universal’s copyrighted works Midjourney has copied to train its Image Service. If you are unable to identify each and every Universal work Midjourney has copied, then please disclose all sources of content used to train your AI models so that we may determine which of our works have been copied. We strongly urge Midjourney to fully and immediately comply with these demands and await your prompt response. All rights and remedies reserved.
June 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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edzitron.com
This lawsuit is brutal. One of the exhibits is the letter Universal sent to Midjourney, including a quote from a 2022 Forbes interview that I bet midjourney regrets
Universal did not permit, authorize, or license Midjourney to copy or use any of Universal's copyrighted works in connection with any version of its Image Service or to otherwise exploit Universal's works at any time. You acknowledged as much in a September 16, 2022 Forbes interview in which you confirmed that Midjourney never sought any copyright holders' consent to use or exploit their works: Did you seek consent from living artists or work still under copyright? No. There isn't really a way to get a hundred million images and know where they're coming from. It would be cool if images had metadata embedded in them about the copyright owner or something. But that's not a thing; there's not a registry. There's no way to find a picture on the Internet, and then automatically trace it to an owner and then have any way of doing anything to authenticate it. See Rob Salkowitz. Midiourney Founder David Holz
June 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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aubryjoi.bsky.social
Ah yes, the two genders: sad & anxious 🙃

[ #cuteart #posca #artshop ]
A photo showing two art prints. One is of an anxious orange & red tabby cat with huge crying eyes, wearing a teal bow tie and propellor cat. The other is of a sad, dejected-looking white & gray cat with huge crying eyes, and a tiny rain cloud over his head. All prints are sitting on brightly colored paper with a few paint pens scattered around.
June 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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beverlyannemichel.bsky.social
Pride Penguins? Pride Penguins!!

ko-fi.com/s/6563698cb7

#pridemonth #lgbtqia #crochet #fiberart #fiberartist #amigurumi
Pride Penguins. Grab a penguin made by Lou Stardust! A cute penguin in a jacket with ANY pride colors. Support a queer creator this pride! Photo: a grey penguin with an asexual pride jacket.
June 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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aubreyjones.bsky.social
Jonathan Joss--voice actor of John Redcorn from King of the Hill, and Ken Hotate from Parks and Rec--was killed in a homophobic hate crime today.

I'm so angry.
Statement from Tristan Kern de Gonzales Husband of Jonathan Joss My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done. Throughout that time we were harassed regularly by individuals who made it clear they did not accept our relationship. Much of the harassment was openly homophobic. When we returned to the site to check our mail we discovered the skull of one of our dogs and its harness placed in clear view. This caused both of us severe emotional distress. We began yelling and crying in response to the pain of what we saw. While we were doing this a man approached us. He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life. Jonathan is my husband. He gave me more love in our time together than most people ever get. We were newlyweds. We picked Valentines Day. We were in the process of looking for a trailer and planning our future. He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other. I was with him when he passed. I told him how much he was loved. To everyone who supported him, his fans, his friends, know that he valued you deeply. He saw you as family. My focus now is on protecting Jonathan’s legacy and honoring the life we built together. If your concern is how someone coped with trauma or how loudly they speak when recounting injustice and being ignored by authorities then you never truly cared about my husband. Jonathan saved my life. I will carry that forward. I will protect what he built. Tristan Kern de Gonzales
June 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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chrismurphyct.bsky.social
This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.

And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.

And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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kylietcheung.bsky.social
8 Congress members have died since November 2022—all are Democrats.
Rep. Gerry Connolly Dies at 75, the 3rd House Democrat to Die in Office in 3 Months
In November, Connolly’s victory over AOC reflected a crisis of gerontocracy among American politics writ large, and certainly the Democratic Party, especially as it struggles to appeal to increasingly...
www.jezebel.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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nicterhorst.com
Today's project!!
May 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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esqueer.net
I've been warning orgs that work on stigmatized areas of healthcare to move their tech stack to European companies.

This is going to create an exodus of international orgs and governments moving away from American tech companies.
ghostpanther.bsky.social Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · May 18
This is so far over the line it’s disorienting.
Microsoft has disabled the ICC prosecutor’s email account.
May 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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joles.bsky.social
applying for jobs again
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question). an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question: "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.” there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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jblainefoster.bsky.social
The state of Utah voted to ban pride flags so Salt Lake City Council decided to make official city flags that incorporate the progress pride, Juneteenth, and transgender flags so they can fly them without breaking state law
cwilliams.ksl.com Carter Williams @cwilliams.ksl.com · May 6
If approved, SLC would have 4 flag designs. It's current, as well as one tied to Progress Pride, Juneteenth and Transgender designs as seen here #utpol:
May 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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jamellebouie.net
they are literal segregationists apnews.com/article/scho...
The Justice Department ended a decades-old school desegregation order. Others are expected to fall
The Justice Department is lifting a school desegregation order in Louisiana dating to the Civil Rights Movement, calling its continued existence a “historical wrong” and suggesting that others across ...
apnews.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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pailbn.bsky.social
I’m so happy with how this turned out! Stay tuned for more information on stickers (and maybe prints and shirts?) but for the time being, if you’re looking for posters to flyer, I have the uncompressed .jpeg on my Ko-Fi for free!

ko-fi.com/s/09b3450007

#art #digitalart #unicorn #politicalart
White unicorn with black flag on horn surrounded by white text. “ you have nothing to lose but your chains. No gods no masters no kings. Death to all tyrant. Do not comply. Rise up. Resist. Fight back.”
May 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM